belonging to the Aris-13
oil tanker who were released after captivating them by the Somalian sea pirates are due to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow (19) according to sources .

The Sri Lankan crew members who were captivated for four days by the Somalian sea pirates had been released after the intervention of Sri Lankan government the sources stated.

The release of Sri Lankan crew members believed to be the fastest as Somalian pirates still held eight Iranian sship crew members hijacked few years ago.

After the oil tanker which the Sri Lankan crew members on board hijacked by the pirates early this week ,Somalian authorities attempted to fire at the pirates in the tanker to rescue the crew members.However Sri Lankan government has intervened and requested the authorities not to fire at them as it will be harmful for the crew members .

Later pirates have released the Sri Lankan crew and they were taken to Somalia afterwards .

An unidentified group of persons had killed a 36 year old person and severely injured his wife by stabbing them with sharp objects in the wee hours of this morning in sedigole village at Galle(Southern Province) according to the Police.

The severely injured female had been admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for treatment.

Galle Police have launched a search operation to arrest the suspects who were involved in the attack.

During a raid carried out by the officers of the Consumer Affairs Authority in vehicle spare parts selling outlets at Panchikawatte area in Maradana(Colombo) today(17),the officers had managed to identify 30 Vehicle spare parts selling outlets selling counterfeit spare parts to the consumers under the original brand names of Japanese and German spare parts it has been reported.

The Authority is due to take a legal action against the owners of the Thirty outlets which raided today(17).The counterfeited vehicle spare parts which sold by the raided spare parts selling outlets are reported as made in China.